does not make it an even, 50-50 likelihood one way or the other.
I think most atheists would accept that no-one can ever know for sure, but base their position on an overwhelming lack of evidence for God's existence, rather than any dogmatic belief system.
I don't refuse to believe in God, I just haven't been given a convincing reason to do so.
Whether or not you consider this position to be truly atheist or not is more an argument of semantics, rather than theology.
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I think most atheists would accept that no-one can ever know for sure, but base their position on an overwhelming lack of evidence for God's existence, rather than any dogmatic belief system.
I don't refuse to believe in God, I just haven't been given a convincing reason to do so.
Whether or not you consider this position to be truly atheist or not is more an argument of semantics, rather than theology.